Słońsk, Village in Lubusz Voivodeship, Poland
Słońsk is a village in Lubusz Voivodeship in eastern Poland near the German border. It serves as the administrative center of its municipality and can be reached via national road DK22.
The settlement is documented from 1295 and was controlled by the Templars and later the Order of Saint John. It held town privileges in the 19th century but lost this status after World War II due to population decline.
The village houses a museum that documents the history of a concentration camp from World War II. The collection preserves memories of this dark chapter in the local past.
The village is easily reached by car and lies just 12 kilometers from the border crossing to Germany. National road DK22 connects it to larger towns in the region.
The place held town status from 1808 to 1947 but lost this designation and became a village again. This change occurred after World War II when many residents left the area.
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